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Only God Was Above Us [2xLP]
On their masterfully knotty fifth album, Vampire Weekend go on a self-mythological journey into old sounds, old haunts, and old cities to find something new within.
Ezra KoenigĀ beginsĀ Only God Was Above UsĀ speaking, it seems, to just one person. Against a blur of amplifier hum and a tentative guitar strum, he sounds thin and reedy, almost petulant, a little bit doomy. āāF*** the world,āā Koenig sings softly, āYou said it quiet/No one could hear you/No one but me.ā
This hushed distortion opensĀ Vampire Weekendās fifth album, where Koenig and his bandmates, ChrisesĀ BaioĀ andĀ Tomson, gaze longingly at the past to find more questions than answers. A chief concern is history, and where to fit within it, but, ultimately, Vampire Weekend itself is the focus ofĀ Only God Was Above Us. It is the bandās most overtly self-referential release, a collage of signature sounds and motifs dotted with allusions. It feels new and comfortable, regularly elegant and charming, calm and comforting, and, at times, foreboding. And just a bit worried.
ā Pitchfork
Two BLACK VINYL LPs, in a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeves, and a 24āx 36ā folded poster.
Ā
Only God Was Above Us [2xLP]
On their masterfully knotty fifth album, Vampire Weekend go on a self-mythological journey into old sounds, old haunts, and old cities to find something new within.
Ezra KoenigĀ beginsĀ Only God Was Above UsĀ speaking, it seems, to just one person. Against a blur of amplifier hum and a tentative guitar strum, he sounds thin and reedy, almost petulant, a little bit doomy. āāF*** the world,āā Koenig sings softly, āYou said it quiet/No one could hear you/No one but me.ā
This hushed distortion opensĀ Vampire Weekendās fifth album, where Koenig and his bandmates, ChrisesĀ BaioĀ andĀ Tomson, gaze longingly at the past to find more questions than answers. A chief concern is history, and where to fit within it, but, ultimately, Vampire Weekend itself is the focus ofĀ Only God Was Above Us. It is the bandās most overtly self-referential release, a collage of signature sounds and motifs dotted with allusions. It feels new and comfortable, regularly elegant and charming, calm and comforting, and, at times, foreboding. And just a bit worried.
ā Pitchfork
Two BLACK VINYL LPs, in a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeves, and a 24āx 36ā folded poster.
Ā
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On their masterfully knotty fifth album, Vampire Weekend go on a self-mythological journey into old sounds, old haunts, and old cities to find something new within.
Ezra KoenigĀ beginsĀ Only God Was Above UsĀ speaking, it seems, to just one person. Against a blur of amplifier hum and a tentative guitar strum, he sounds thin and reedy, almost petulant, a little bit doomy. āāF*** the world,āā Koenig sings softly, āYou said it quiet/No one could hear you/No one but me.ā
This hushed distortion opensĀ Vampire Weekendās fifth album, where Koenig and his bandmates, ChrisesĀ BaioĀ andĀ Tomson, gaze longingly at the past to find more questions than answers. A chief concern is history, and where to fit within it, but, ultimately, Vampire Weekend itself is the focus ofĀ Only God Was Above Us. It is the bandās most overtly self-referential release, a collage of signature sounds and motifs dotted with allusions. It feels new and comfortable, regularly elegant and charming, calm and comforting, and, at times, foreboding. And just a bit worried.
ā Pitchfork
Two BLACK VINYL LPs, in a gatefold jacket, printed inner sleeves, and a 24āx 36ā folded poster.
Ā
